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Also, Earlier Editions, Copyright;, 1872, 
US&, laad, i»01, 1902, bj Lemael BwA^n. 
Calvary: 

laemuel Borden* 
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The Tbibune of The Peopl«. 65^ 

(1995 contfnoed.) 
Loaos; OB The Living Past, 



(Dedicated to Revd. B. B. Shaver, D. D. , 
who advised me to write it, after I had read 
to bim number 1993 and one of the two longer 
poems of number 1992.) 

The Literature of Knowledge and of Pow^r, 



(2028) 
Ho! Ho! For Picnic at the F»8her Hilll 
Year Nioeteeu and Thii teen! Who will 
guall go. Who will shall stay. —And, there! 
A Vision dawns, on Woodstock's Public 
Square! I 

A Father, Mother, and a twelve-jear GhHd! 

The child as happy and as wild, 

As younger sister's dancing glee 

Which needs not father's, mother's mimicry 

A^d father's, mother's imbecilitji 



460 The Tkibuke of The People. 

Disease, Hard Fate, Man's lohumanity, 
That each hold hand of B' other Feeble Mind 
And Body ,— cnrpine Crnel Humankind. 
8,2;'l3 11:58 a. m. 

Earlb'a conrts and jiiri^tP should repeat 

snob work''— 

HA tb«* Code Jn«!tin'an to \rb«r'b tb's b*r*» refers 
in the F4>r'ef8 oM nes j»hfnt The Ccf^f^ Jnstiniatt 
at the bottom of paee O'S. bmU of one-rpr| 
postage there reanhe^, -^nd with it reoe^sity of 
binding a pamphlet peo^rately. 

Eart,h'.4 oonrfQ and jnH<»to, node?, and ptates, 
cbnrchep, bomec-, ^ebonl-', ^nd goopeV", «abon'd 
NOT repeat the deviltry sketehed in 2028, and 
which they do repeat and multiply mnob too 
readily. — See a pointer or two, in current, 
pre-^s, World's Wom<»n's Congress at Buda- 
pe.Ht — * ' Womin's Queea ' ' (see our own 
pages 605~G1 \)— in the heart and centre of 
that world w i le organizUion. See ColPer'g 
Weekly, 61,20; August 2. 1913, pages 7, H, U. 
* ' And It tUiue eye offend thee, pluck it out, 
•nd cast It Iroiu thee: it is better for thee to 

^Trib Lsadets Opyrgt . , 1909, etc. 



The Tribune op The People, 661 

enter into life with one eye, rather than har- 
iug two ejes to be cast into bell fire. 

* ' Take heed that ye despise not one of 
these little ones; lor 1 say uuto you, That \n 
heaven their angels do always behold the face 
ol my Father which is in heaven. 

' * Fur the Son of man is come to save thai 
which was lost. » ' Matt. 18:9,10,11 [2030. 
/rhus, it appears, tbat * » The Gospels » ' ar» 
ever God's Word to Man aod that the shame 
and the ciime of it all, are with the gospels' 
matiipulators, as aforesaid, io nation apon 
nation, in generation after generation. 4:11 
p. m.] 



(1995 again continued.) 

Impartiality, equality 
In courts are of their very essence, force. 
The sages love obscurity, retreat. 
4,17:'13, 6:35 p. m. 



KOTP.— In rereading the pamphlet, joeil 
Anished, I notice, tbat, at bottom of page 65S 
I mcd a plural instead of a singular verb, ani 



•62 The Tbibune of Thb Peoplb. 
hence please read: 

Is the Right Hand, the Brain, ttoe Heart of 

Bench 
And Tribune, Chair of State. 

But, by a slightly strained construction, as in 
lines about De Qaincey, page 628, noted on 
page 630 ,— the lines on bottom ol 632 might 
be considered almost perfect as there inter* 
|i»reied. 

Macadam's system for road eri^g:ineer^I 
One century islimii ol mau'tj liiej — 
Acquires his growtb complete at one score 

years 
And live;— acquires his weight complete at 

two 
Bcore years , — wastes after 60 years of age. 

At 50 woman gains her greatest weight. 

Manure from farm-yard feeds alf kinds of 
-piants. -* 

Marino's gem of dwarf d^oaoeracy. 

Monogamy, the practice of mankind, V 
Continues after women get their rights, 

^^ Trib. Leaflets; Opyrgt . , 1909, etc. 



The Tribune oy The People. 66S 

Provided, children thus can be best born, 
And rear^d^ aud educated, jiud the church, 
The home, the state, the world cau thus r^ 

ceive 
Their health, joy, peace— tbe culture, progrejge, 

hope, 
For which earth's gaiuts and saviors lived anA 

died. 
Child! Mauland Woman!! Sing the M«. 

FeillaiF.e!!! 
S*iDt Matthew's gospel is material 

Or bodily; Saint John'p, Luke'8 Rpiritnal. 

The Methodists seek c?hriatian ll'e and work. 

Moravians! O Prince of Brotherhoods! 

Like other * * suns ' ' and benefactors of 
Mankind, the Hebrew Moses struggled 'gaijMl 
An adverse fate. His courage, qualities 
Which moulded slaves until a nation greal 
Bose at his bidding , —perseverance, calm 
Disinterestedness, keen energy, 
Sapidity of action; patient, meek; 
In council wise, and bold in war— this was 
The sceptre which be held. His ritual 
And law and work make human grandeur 
pale, 



664 The Tribune op The People, 
Id the brief span of human history. 



iJ^OTB . —I will have to ask of my leaders, 
in addition to their overcoming effects of 
period-commas, i's not dotted, f^s that 
print P s , &c . , — the tricks on all pioof. 
leading played by my 31 years old types, that 
ttre worn out, and still worse if not so old press 
rollers , — to correct any eirors, supply any 
ouiisbions, like the woid ' ' Iriend / Mor the 
word * ' friends ", on page 639. I read over 
ihe stanza, there printed, as often probably, as 
50 limes, betore I saw tbe mistake myselt. 
if a friend or patron will turnish me the quar- 
ter century^ pa>t expeuses Til show on and 
up free salary ami more than Atlantic Month- 
ly literary excellence in a nearer approach to 

Outlook, ColIi?r'M, Commoner's, Unity, and 
Funk & Wagballs typo^iapby . —First para- 
graph of 2031. Emendations When placed in 
type, 8 9;' 13. 



(2030) 
As Willie's Wife's Methodist preacher told 



The Tbibtjkb op Ths Peopl«^ e«5 

kim, * ' The people are oot ready, yet for 
any sort of Bpiritaal unity. ' ' If I had tb« 
oouArol of the education of my grandson until 
lie 18 2i or 31 years of age, trje work ftketcb^d 
in 2031—37 would be worthy of his or any 
other man's genius; but, then, this entire 
planet any of the mornings where 

* • From shore to shoro 
It's always punrise somewhere, ' ' 

may awaken over all its circumference, to 
find itself spiritually united without any oniB 
•f the new earth's (new h^^aven's) * * unitari- 
ans, ' ' (but after a far nobler ideal than any 
Joues-Ohanniug-Emerbon Dream or Vieiob) , 
being able to give a reason why or when of 
where the dear old heaveu-earth's spiritual 
utity was realized. —Back of it all, I wanted 
to . . . 8,10;U3, 1:20 p.m. (This article 
may be better than no reason at all for my 
inability, after placing on 6 postal cards $ 
manuscript copies, more than 200 words each 
of 2035 to make 8 times as large mannscripl 
copy of 2031—37 in time for next morniBgHi 
wail, •Ithosgh nearly a doEcn copies ot that 



«Ci? The Teibune op The People. 
«eiie.H0fessay8*hadja8t been made with thafc 
4ej^ree of lightuing rapidity and to make the 
long copy 3 times over for Lulu, for Viola, 
and for Hon. R. E. Borden. )--Later: Like 
the hoy in school who bad been whipped by 

another boy, 1 knew I could n^t whip • 

in ft faT fight, but, then, I could make up Re- 
naissance, Reformation, Revolution Faces 
wh^ch produce New Eras of Local, Kationa], 
Cosmopolitan Spirituality. Such faces I could 
make at the other boy's sister (communions.) 
8,12jU3, 10:30 a.m. 



(1995 again continued.) 
Odd-Fellows in the name of brotherhood, 
Fraternity of noble hisiory. 
* ' A fox for cunning, dove for tameness, 

lamb 
For innocence, a bee for industry, 
And sheep for usefulness ' ' -.—high character! 

la Parker (Theodore) is head and Ironl 
Scclesiastical of modern views 
Wuicb aim to ms^ke this earth one brother- 
liood. 



THE Tbibitnb op Thb Pboplb^ WW 

A mysticoin religion, William FeDn 

la business affairs, was practical. 

A great name io the church of Quakerism! 
Perchance, io social and religions life, 

Brook Farmers and Perfeetionists can give 

With other communists one ray of light 

Societies and individuals 

And governments can use to find their patht. 
[Can * ' Modern Socialism ' ' do as much! 

Seek money last and first seek character!! , 

With Je6U8, Paul, and Moses —Sparta Land-M! 
8,24/13, 10:10 a.m.] 
Saint PauPs Epistle to Philemon lells 
The master to receive OnesimuJ», 
A slave, as brother, now, who is belovM. 
Great delicacy and grt^at tenderness 
Of feeling, tact, and subtlety, address,— 
Enable Paul, as ever, when he seeks 
His way to innermost heart of a man. 

Epistle to Philippians is one 
Of latest of Pauline Epistles. Church 
There was the first fruit of Apostle Paul'i 
EvangMization European. There 
Were members singularly kind to him. 
Again* again Philippian brethren sent 



§6S The Teibunb op The People. 

To Paul their contributions, and he writes 
JTot much of matters doctrinal, but pours 
Forth feelings of his heart to brethren, friends. 

The period of PhoeDecian history, 
Two thousand years, and their career brought 

them 
In commerce, politics, in contact close 
And constant with most highly civilized 
Parts of the nations of the then known weri4. 

The Pietists exalt the virtuous life, 

Beligious feeling; power of the soul. 

With Plato and great Greeks, philosophy 
Meant wisdom; wisdom meant wise action; 

this 
Meant virtue— practical philosophy. 

The power of Plutarchus lies in grasp 
Felicitous of a whole character; 
Skill in subordinating the details. 

Political economy now means 
The science ot the laws ot Providence 
For regulation ot communities. 

The proper mode ol governing a state 
Is politics; a branch of ethics;— peace, 
Prosperity and safety to attain. 

▲ proverb is short sentence into whieh 



The Tbibukb op The People. 619 

The ancleDts have lifers lessons well comprtfis^d; 
A nation's genias, spirit, and its wit. 

The Persian Saadi gain'd bigb place; 
Was sam'd ' * the nightingale of tbonsand 
BOD ga. * ' 

In SecMarism has been found a crimed, 
Or system ethical. Life, nature, source 
Ot trutn and duty, which it most concerns 
All men to master. Agencies which are 
Material as far as can be search^ 
Are calculable forces of the world, 
And it is wi8dom, mercy to attend 
To them— and duty. End of human life, 
Is to perform all dntien. Principles 
Intended lor the training of the class 

Ol wo/ king people , —with their reasoa itarl. 
Grow with their intellects, and end with d«atli. 
finch knowledge is tbe kind tbai'a fonnded im 
This life; relates to conduct of this life; 
Conduces to life's welfare , — capable 

Of test by the experience of this life. 
Thus seek the truth and find it ev'ry wh«re. 
4,20;'13, 6:36 p.m. 
The Shakers teach that hnmaa labor is 
A eacred priestly function, when bestow *4 



•TO The Tribune of The People. 

Id making earth the heaven it ghouM be. 
The Sisters have an air of sweetness and 
Bepose, which falls upon the spirit like 
The music shaken oat of village bells. 
Good health is the Urst prize ot Bhakerism. 

Truths of democracy, philanthropy, 
Were taught by Sbelley, Burns, and Emerson, 
The lines they drew all earth soon followed up. 

Ko means were promisM but the holy lawB 
Ol)e>M by ev'ry man and woman, child. 

The Engli.-b Eeaif, whose Amer'can 
High record ^stands alonej— with Shelley 

stands — 
Two lords of all the earth's best liberties. 

Philosophy, religion, poesy 
In Realf, Emerson and Shelley meet. 
They heard, they felt the heart of nature beat. 

The growing tides of earth's democracies. 
Philosophies, in state and church and home, 

Bring Christian Eras and Millenniums. 
The Sincere Brethien, or True Friends, 

achieved, 
!Near end of first miilenumm, one of 

^h© boldest, comprehensive tasks, perforni'il 
In world of literature: the treatment in 



The Tribune op The People, 671 

Eucyclopedic form, half hundred bookt, 
Of science ethics, and philosophy, 
Xheology, and metaphysics. They 
Gave the light which the Saracen at height 
Oi Islam's civMlzation's wave bore mind 
Oil aii great questions which most vitally 
£ogage man's thought in all earth's growth 

and change. 
These treatises are part of all that is 
Moat creditable to the human mind. 

Socinus and his uncle van-gnard were 
Of army that now holds tbe citadels 
Where Ration'lism rules the thoughts of me». 

Great Socrates did not seclude himself 
For study; open'd not a school, nor taught' 

Dogmatically, but his practice was 
To talk in common conversation, like 
The Greatest Master in the Jewish Land. 
They studied man's relationships and man's 
Concerns of practice, theory. They taught 
Austerity, and joy of duty done 
To fellow men, and joy of cultur'd life, 
And law of spirit governing all laws. 
They, they alone could strike from minds U 
men 



473 The Tbibune op The Pboplb, 

And oations, fire which lights thought, life, 

and work, 
And leads the race of man to holiest bliss. 

Successful farming with the spade depend* 
On inexpensiveness and fertile soil. 

Romancers like Hawthorne and Laurence 
Sterne 
And Dickens, Thackeray, George Elliot, stand 
As side lights for the best historians. 

The Sunday School, Y. M. C. A. are belpa 
Where education and the family 
Have not an average perfection reached. 

[A narrow orthodoxy should no more 
Bar out best people, doctrines earth has 
koown. 8,29;M3, 4:4 p.m.] 
The G«m of Earth is Modewi Switzerland, 
The First Epistle Thessalonian 
Is early Pauline Letter, cans'd, it seems, 
By good news brought by Timothy, of faith 
And charity displayed by members of 
The Macedonian church. The letter shows 
Apostle bold in God, yet gentle as 
A nurse;— who used the plainest speech, and 

sought 
Vo dignities, and working with bis hands 
Both night and day, to live in honesty. 



The Teibune op Thb People. § '^ 

KoTB.— Amazing! Got 2 I » s in » * Eliot ' ^ 
an laat page! Bat tbe MS. Copy was cofrecl, 

Panrs Pastoral Epistles which he wrote 
To Titus, and to Timothy— advise, 
Warn and exhort, predict, and discipline. 

The Tankers, Dankards, dare to stand 
alone 
In primitive simplicity of faith 

And practice, and with Qaakers, or tbe 

Friends, 
Did much to LuthVan^ze and to reform 
The Lutherans and other later sects. 

All LibVal Christianity and thought 
Gain impulse from the Unitarians. 

The Vatican at Home is library 
And palace, and museum, gallery. 

la vegetarianism man may find 
A system suited to his better life. 

Italian Yioo sought the laws of growth, 
Decay of «ll societiesj—gieat work, 
4,2l;a3, 6:U p.m. 

As representing movement of the mind 
And heart of man to'ard civil liberty 
Aod possibilities of happiness 
S^fllmowB to ages earUer,--the oame 



4t4 The Tbibune of Thb People. 

Of Washington is near the height of fam*. 
lu worldly knowledge, prudence, Wesley 
was, — 
Ciike few enthaaiasts— pre-eminent. 
A total reconstruction of the law 
Gives cbiliireo, women, laborers, their righUu 

Oreok Zeno, founder of the Stoic school, 
Taught manly energy, the simple life. 
And higbe8t reverence lor moral worth. 
Count Ziuzeiidoif was the Herrubuter'a 
friend 
And touodet; — best of German Methodists. 
Swiss Z^viugli, EuglisU Wesley and Georgt 
Fox, 
With the Fieuch Calvm, German Luther 

wcie 
The later prophets of Judean laiths. 



Thk Mystic Sj^ven I, II; 
(Iliad and Odyssey of North America.) 



Introduction . —(2031) Deo volente some- 
*hing less than 60 copies of tbe omitted paito 
•f the poem wdl be printed as soon as possible;, 
act Ut publication; but as mauuscripcs, or ft*l 



The TBiBtux op The Piopift «75 

typi»writteD copy for later pri»t«rp, to b% Uken 
ear« of by members of my fa»i1y (8,4j*13 ft:li 
aJQ ) until copyright pePODisgions are obtakioed 
m tv^ritiDg, or th© copyrif bts have expired by 
ltmit»(ioD« of time on the ▼olomes froM wbich 
I drew part of the facts aod ^ome the wordg 
ot ttoe*e mj later pftemu of Stioiner, LiUf^li, 
BmertQB, Browo. and B«alf. 8J;13, 5:2« n no. 
I agaifi retain fbauka. at< on page 6S3 to 
JMtti^ri, Di»?i8, 8baver, Murrtiiou.— My D«iir 
»ii(i Only SU^«r, Lydia; M^ Daugbiera, Lyiu, 
loiif^^ Vioia; M> Wite, Juua, eiilibi liviug or 
dei:caata,--pro4>aUiy, a« wtii aa tbe learoedi 
afe(>uie, gbotltt ai tiat, did, ib tbe worda of Car) 
Sctuiz, * ' baud ' ^ n« * * tbe bricka M "^I 
« * Uttdl. ' ' ^ere tt,e poeai woriiiy ot a ftieBd. 
skip 0t •mm cuuaiie»ji worib, I would d«divai<d 
\Ls3 apic to Keva. Jeiakm JLloyd Jouet, 0. D. ;, 
£uiu*f «l * * Uaitj, ' ' Paiitor of All 3et}& 
Cbareb, Cbica|{o; H#^ad Worker in tbe 4bra- 
baiu Lincoln CeBlr«, Ckieago; Direolor %w^ 
priti«ipa! or sole proprietor af Tbe Tower HiH 
^Hwmei dcbool ur ▲^fiaiably at Spring Oreen^ 
U iV^iacon»iB~My Desireat Bretber in Aii Ike 
C&dstf^ tbe Theodore Parker and Selph W•^ 



•T0 IheTbibtoboit Thb Peopli% 
do EmeriJOD Saviors, especiallj. Sfifl3^ 3:4M 

Every leaf on every tree, every graiit of 
sapd aDd atom of other soil that rent up gra^^, 
truit, flower, grain, or vegetable, in my OaJ. 
vary Soljtude, baned, bolted, locked agaiue t 
•11 the world, seemed to lecd a hand in ibid 
Ureateat work of all the gre«t ages, as well aa 
the friends and relatives aforepaid. Were th© 
work as well done k we aU hoped or dream^'d 
U Khould be, I would dedicate the poem to r.y 
Bod; to my Nephew. W. J. Keller; to wy 
GfMMdPon, Boy B-; Ji«,; to ley Qrauddaogh. 
UTH, Emma, and Juiif' Uf>c3kr. md EvaSager, 
aj'd to tba friends nnd ths other lelatjvei 
ftforesaid. 8,5;'15, 4:4J am. 

[2042] . . D^enomeDa of the great 

•CDsnal intelligent avHricious Americas which 
•xalted graft or c; mm^rclalism into a religion; 
natural history of 2 virgin continents of untold 
wsourcfs which h.d been exploited systemat 
ically by powers of i.l^ck, white, red, brown, 
•uu tawny slave.y. This, ia the eye. of all 
B.tory, Poe.y, Prophecy, is ,.tio.al,provin/ 



The Tribunb OP Thk People. <J7I 

rjal, iDdividual death, disease, destruction, 

Tbe temporary or permanent Bait. Convention 
VJccory which destro:j»'» the old order haf», it; 
may be, increased the antagonism betweeu 
the r«*actionarie8 and iconoclasts, and in every 
^urum ot controversy, every field of action, th# 
old order, if it change at all, will probably 
fibautise lu convulsion, i«at';istropbe. . . . 

[2*a;5] . . » * Ttie Mystic Seven, I, II; 
(Ihu.i and 0(iys8ey of North America) , ' * 
<.arrips! in its pi'mary conception, in every li?i« 
and Ipttter »^hI dot of its execution, a nipre 
Vbef'^l religious spirit than the most liberal 
a'lxiliary organizations of orthodox Protpf^tsnl 
ftnd Roman r.a>.hoIic, or other leading type of 
c'in«tian orth<^;doxy; becaus«e the pith of th* 
epic ia the di*'^d-lift effort of democracY to 
rf»:»l7ze what *^^f^rj pavior of a nation and ol 
the world onlv dreamed, and to realize what 
j*M the Dead Sea Apea of every ape and land 
neither dare<^ nor cared to dream about in all 
their lazy, cr^'zy, rotten institutions. See th» 
pnr^ graph* »\? Thomas Carlyle on the subject 
of Dead Sea A-msm. in ♦ * Past and Present? 
The Modern Worker— Gospel of Dilettante 



•78 ThkTeibunkop The Peopl». 

i6m. ' ' TUis position was flomewbat elab> 
rate'> explained Id tbe series of eseaje of 
wbicu uumber 2036 was tbe culminaiioit. ii, 
Ibf'io, caii a, m. 

[JU^iJ Later Still and not yet ** in type, » ' 
»« • • 2U.J6 ' ' bad been lor several weeks be- 
iore tbid concluding sentence was writtea; (seo 
tbese pages, 664—066): 

And sometimes be moch more than the 
Loud jii Times, or * ' Tbe Thunderer ' » Bryan'a 
' • Coumoner ^ ' was when Bryan was 0D(y 
commoner. 

Iwo comiuentd now sunderM by the band 
Of msin, demand th^ir soiig^. A challenge bere 
Is thrown by Auglo-JSaxua uortbern world 
To first man of the centnry down there, 
lu song immortal to clasp living hands 
Of Bolivar and Washing,.., across the ditcU 
Man's hands bave dag for all earth's unity. 
4,29i'13, 6:30 a.m. 

All history is one with poesy 
And prophecy: esch, all, the health, the hope, 
Best life of race of man. Remote in time 
And place and in t% fore not maater'd in 
Xhe West, like cycles of Old Eastern Landa-^ 



Thb Tribune op The Peoplb. $79 
Of Egypt, Persia, India, China, and 
Japan, are not anveiPd and not beheld. 
Arabian sands their nectarM well-springi 
gave 
To SalemX Atben's glory. Elder Eome'«. 
Swiss priest and Saxon monk, Rousfieao, 
Saint- Just, 
Great Milton, Cromwell. Franklin, JeflPersou, 
And Greeley, Sumner, Lmcolu, Emer^oul 

Earth's Story ot the Soul ts told. (UalMfl 
Tatt, Koofcevelt, W lihon and Champ Clark 

are here, 
And Bryan Leading The Blind Senator.) 

1,4}1910, 4:1j a.m. Borden^s Works; 
3d edition; pages 542, 543. 

From founts of Nilus stream, 
From Egypt's pyramids, 
The fables of the world 
To Salem Moais brought. 
And thence to BabePs walls 
By Jewish captives borne. 
In mouth of Indns stream 
They met the answers weird 
From Tart'ry's sabtle sphinx. 



Ml The Teibune of The Peokji. 

From China and Japaa 
Aud to tSibena'd 6Maud 
The river valleys poured 
The Secrets ot the East 
Aud e'en to savage isles 
Aud uew world cootinents 
Ttie riddles ol tde «pDiDx 
Were borne by ocean's waves, 
And greeted at each shore 
By Moses of the tribes. 



The Eastern world wag stilled 
And travailug witn Fate. 

When born. Fate's name is Borne; 
Its grave is Italy. 
With genii of tbe East 
Th' Athenian goddess liv'd, 
Till Caesar rnled at Rome 
And Christ at Salem died. 
Then Wisdom had no homej 
No friend was at her side. 



When natives of The East 
Had crossed The Sea of Peace, 



The TBI3UNB of Thb Pbopls. §81 

They foaud the ZwiDgliao corse 
In Fox and Wesley's aimg; 
'Mid beliowlngs of lui-t 
Felt Emersonian vAmrmn, 

All Virtue, Wisdom, Truth, 9nd Liberty 
Mast guide the tremhiing h^nd of bloated 
Wealth, 
Or darfe Oblivion will devour 
The spot whereon tbey stood, 
And fame of earth shall be unknbwn, 
Till beings live and die who learn 
'Tis healthy work and thought that give the 
bliss 
Ot immortality. 

'1574 aiid imi; Borden's Woiks 
1st editiouj Studej.c and riibiine, volume vi 
pages 13— 15j— 2a edition, pages74— 78— . 
* < Emerson (Ralph Waldo . ) ' ' 

, (2054) 

Lines 42— 49,--[of the copy as then in exis- 
tence],— of the Iliad and Odyssey of Korth 
America, now in course of publication. Cop. 
les [of this message on postal cards] by 8 25; 
'i3 mail to Doctor J. B. Glower, Woodsfrck 
Va. , Pies. WileoD, Secy. Bry^n, Senator 



^2 THB TBIBUNB 07 THS PXOFIA 
W ;*dbii*gtoD, D. 0. , [and to lone]: 

Jaarez, Diaz, as the Watshington 
And Lincoln from the chaos deep and from 
The civil darkness, should be helpM to bnnf 
The light republican now shining where 
Kan finds his liberties in ev'ry land. 
The Lands of Bolivar and Washington 
Sbould spread their Hope oVr The Joarei! 
Land. 

This, of course, should be done bj thft 
peace policy wUich the president and State 
bccretary are now pursuing. Congress, Cat). 

inet and American People, should banish from 
American history, the words and the thing — 
* * dollar diplomacy, * * forever, even thougti 
lo do so, Mexico must forget the name of 
Diaz, and find her Lincoln safe, tried, trne, in 
•ome far distant lutare. L. B. , 8,24;'13, 10:4» 
a m Copies also mailed to W. J. Keller, and 
|0 Brother J. LI. Jones. — Latin South America 
■bonld guarantee to Central America and to 
Mexico a republican form of government, and 
uo so although tbe doing of this whole west 
world duty mean relinquisbmeat by the U. 3. 



The TEiBuifE of The Pb 

of North America of the Canal I 

ina:— Anti-Imperialism! ^ United States of all 

South, Central America, ^nd Mexicol (6;48 p« 
in.) 

(2066) 

[This postscript, article, or additional para- 
graph which I am constrained by sense of 
duty to publish, and a constraint it is which I 
i^ndure very reluctantly— was, of course, no 
part of the preceding postal card message, the 
message mailed in manut!cript, nearly a week 
before 2056 was written and communicated to 
no person untd it had oeen printed and pub. 
lished as part of this * ' Introduction. » ^ 1 

P. S. to 2054 . If there is one reafeon why 
the Komans (Anglo-Saxons) of the modern 
world should shoulder the destiny of the 
Odual Zone at Panama (and with it, before 
tiiey know what they are doing or dream of 
what they have already done, shoulder the 
destiny of Mexico, of Centra! America, and 
of South America)— if there is such reason ii 
j8 because that south land is old Spain, i^ 
tfying race sealed to feodalism, anti-eugenu^s, 
•nd to all sorta of nedievaliam. World over, 



634 The TEiBinfE of The People. 

the opposition of many bierarobies to demoo. 
iacy, and their attempts to destroy or nallify 
the rightt) of man, bavt rendered tb« regala« 

tion, aye, abolition, extinction of such hierar- 
enieiii, matters ot prime necessity. Bnt to first 
ot all, to put Spartan, Jewish and later engen- 

iOH into oar own national melting pot, by 
aiop^iug one ii'hilippines, Bawau, Alaokai, 

I'orto Kico ana i'anama, and seasoning the 
biAlauce well with the rights and duties of 
womeu, ol chiiareu, and of ail eorts oi laDoieia 
would probably at sume uibiaiit period suable 
us to more worthily assume duties ot guard, 
lanship, and lur passing through our own 
youtu, chilahouu, yea, intancj oi democracy, 
republiuauism, jsucu pnuciplca alibrd time 
Wi*j,o, luertUB, Uioiiiuus, uppoiiuuity. 6^29- x^ 
l'6b p. m. Emeiiuatioua wueii plaueU m t^pe, 

(2060) 

A world syndicate, with Hague Peace Foun. 

dauon guarantees ol New Jerusalem admiais. 

tration, could take care ol Panama Caual, 

^'h.ipp.aes, Hawaii, Alaska, Porto Rico,' and 

^Bh due Union therefrom could be invested: 

worlu 



The Teibune op The PEb^LB. 685 

\ 
(1) In rel'eviDg oecessities oi indigeiMi moth. 

erf and of lost or wayward children: (2r\In 
dry log op more rapidly all onr own national 
aid provincial Foarces of crime, disease, bar- 
barism, panperism, and insanity, by the most; 
apnroved methods known to the best experts 
of the world in the arts of government, ednca. 
tion, and industry; (3) Improving the phys- 
ical, intellectual, and moral health of onr own 
DaiioD as much as possible. 9,6;'13, 9:34 a.m. 



(2000) 
Charles Sumner, next to Lincolo stands, or 
e'en 
Above him. Group of five Americans 
Most eminent in nineteenth century 
A& in the eighteenth century, were Paine 
And Franklin, Jefferson and Washington 
And Hamilton, are Sumner, Greeley, Brown, 
And Lincoln, Emerson. As Webster, Clay, 
Connected the two centuries of life 
American, so Schurz and Realf, born 
And rear'd in other lands, the torch high hold 
For Bryan, Wilsoi, Boosevelt, or the man 
Or men who can to Liberty \>% troo 




fk TsiBUKE OF The People. 

the work the earlier heroes did. 



I 

The new substantial ground of character 
Gives real social rank and dignity. 

All national asBOCiations are 
Parts ol the bod> cosmopolitan. 

One purpose now doth vibrate tbrongb 
each, all 
The governments of earth:--Tbe good of all; 
All individually; all as one. 

4,29;a3, 8 a.m. 

AH civil order grows from social needs, 
As common interest rules all concerns 
Of free men; forms and executes thpfrlaw. 

Res-publica is public bus'uess, good; 
The public thing; the welfare of all men; 
Where all state reasons publicly appear. 
Attachment to the nation is its strength* 
The int^r«8t ot the peoples, its support. 

Bach people constitute their govftrrmrnt 
All public servants duties have; not rights. 

It is the interest of majorities 



The Tribune gp Tot People. 6S7 

To dave things right; and when debate is free 
A»»d lair and lull, protracted,— rights win oat. 
All precedents are growtbti; renewals need* 
Man^s nature's saintly; man is man's best 

friend. 
Compassion, brother of misfortnne it. 
One word of courage utterM and one 
thought 
C'>nceiv'd in proper spirit, companies 

In proper spirit put; and nations too, 
Scbrol children's breath upholds the 

universe. 
Laws bastiles are to children and the poor. 
4,29;'i3, 2:16 p. m. 

All peoples have three fnodamental rights: 
Oiioose and dismiss their rulers, governments. 

Man haM no property in man; no race 
Ol man owns races that will follow It. 

immortal pow'r is not a human right, 
AKd cannot be a right of parliament. 

The circumstances of the world do change. 
Opinions change. Opinion is the law. 

The unity, equality of man, 
Are taught by ev'ry legend, science, iaith. 
This greatest trntb is trnth the oldest known. 

All oivil rights, on rights of oatnre reat. 



088 The Tbibune of Thb People. 

Society makes men proprietors 
Who draw od social capital at will. 

All civil power^s delegated right 
Of individnals, for each mao's good, — 
And pow'r for anght bat welfare is unknown. 

ImagiDary coneequence dotb biiste 

Away^ as world of reason, love dotb rise. 

The graceful pride of troth knows no 
extremes; 
Preserves in evVy latitude of life 
The high right-angled character of man. 

Not circumstances can be made by man: 
He can improve them when they do occur. 

The sacred rigrhts of men and citizenP:— 
All men are born and they continue free 
And equal. State distinctions therefore rest 
On public service and utility. 
The end of state association is 
The preservation of the rights of man— 
Of liberty and property, and ol 
Security, retiscaiice to the hand 

iJ-baeutiaily due soufcecj ol ail juct 
Or iignteous buv'feignty:-nx«t principle.. 
Devotion oi leli^iou* kind can noc 



Thb Teibunb op Thb People 689 

So maoh as be made subject of a law. 

4,30;13, 11:34 a. m. 
To make the reader feel aod onderstand 
And fancy, is the pow'r posaessM by few. 
Some aDimation mast be felt and rais'd. 
Imaginatioo mast her pictares pamt. 
Aod reason, judgment do the perfect work. 
Things, men, are seldom measurM at first 
sight. 

Analysis and synthesis, at times, 
Are lost in impulse of intuitive 
Besults more accurate than reasonings. 
Truth's language leads the earth; its 
literature, 
' Art, science, — patrons of all countries are, 
Aud in their temples all the nations meet, 
To fit the pow'rs of thinking and the turn 
Of language to the subject, so as to 
: Bring out a clear conclusion that shall bit 
The point in question, and hit nothing elnt) — 
: is all good writing's true criterion. 

That natioo's great that leads the world to 
peac«. 
Tbe day for human reason, virtue dawns. 
6,lj'13, 11:26 a. m. 
In fieryic« of mankind, all literature 



690 The TlMB«mB OF THE Pbopli. 

Sbonld be employM with all beneTOlence; 
ITe'er toaching office, party, pelf, aor bat«| 
Nor any like inferior concern — 
The mind, the heart, the flonl of duty, joy. 

Sensation is sometimes too great for thought 
And laugnage. The conception bulky 19; 
Cannot be born. We thus stand dumb and 

each 
And ev'ry finger tries to be a tongue. 
Tne body aeemd loo little lor the mind. 

To view maokiud in the cold air of law, 
la ne'er to enter htsarens of the soul; 
J^'or truth and right are parts ol heav'n alout. 

What have we now to dof That is as clear 
As light. It is as straight as any line. 

Tbi^i couutry was the gift of heaven; God 
Alone is its Lord and its Sovereign. 

Each government is fonntaia from whence 
rise 
Each conotry's manners and morality. 

My introduction to this part of earth, 
Was through Great Franklin's learning, 
patronage. 

Whatever I write, is nature pure. My pen, 
My soul have gone together ever, and 



i 



The Teibfne of The People. en 

Mj writings I have alwajs giv^a away 
Keserving only th© expense to print 
Tbem; sometimes paying e'en for that, and 

ne'er 
Have courted either fame or interest. 
My way of life will justify these words. 

The most men have more courage than thiy 
know 
Of, and a little is enough, at first, 
To give sense of the people legal form. 

An empire universal is the high 

Prerogative of writer. All mankind 
By him are told their duty. Letters are 
Kepublic aacient of high character. 
Defense of reason is defense ol hope, 
These times try souls of men. ^ Twere 
strange indeed 
If Freedom and the things celestial 
Were gIftB and not the things that must be 
earn'd. 

The birthday of a new world is at hand. 

Ky* Out of 273 lineu^ in printer's copy, only 
124 lines have been selected. 

II 

What is not honest cannot aseful be. 



692 THB TBIBimE OF THE PEOPLE. 

Cooverse to teach or learn, ploast) or 
persaade. 
Truth and sincerity, integrity, 
In dealings with onr fellow men, — these are 
Important to life's true felicity. 
Think innocently; act accordingly. 

B. Franklin's voice was low; his connte. 
nance 
Was open, pleasing, and his manners frank; 
His speeches made in lew words; to the point. 

The way to wealth is plain as way to town: 
Depends oo two words , — work, economy. 

A great man's tbonghts, deeds, maxims 
are his own, 
FormM on the feelings of his heart alone. 

Heed good advice, and health, joy, peace, 

and hope, 

Are help of God for all who help themselves. 

All leisure's time for doing something good. 

We must be settled, careful; oversee 
Our own affairs; work wisely, steadily. 

Be tree, industrious; be frugal, tree. 

Employment constant, constant industry — 
Of peoples' morals are preservatives. 

This form of g«vernment can only end 



The T&iBtmE OF The People. 693 

Id despotism, as othdi: forms before 
It, when the people shall becoiue corrnpt 
And need despotio government because 
Incapable of any other form. 
* * My orab-trde walking stick with a gold 
head 
Wrought in the form of Cap of Liberty, 
I give my friend, who is friend of mankind, — 
George Washington. Were it a pceptre, he 
Has merited it well, and wonld become it* ' ^ 

III 

GeorjEte Washington was td hSc body^s height 
S'x feet, two inched, with brown hair, bine 

eyes, 
Large head, strong arms; a rider, gracefnl, 

bold; 
Attentive to appearance pergonal, 
And his own dignity; at times reserved 
And cold, yet graciobs, gentle;~-childies6 man, 
Yet happy in lifia of hi^ family. 

For solid information, judgment sound, 
High influence , —the first man of his age. 

Surveyors scarce, remuneration high, 
He wealth amass'd before majority, 
Or manhood reached. This fact, high 



694 



The TEiB^mB op The Pboplk. 



character, 
GainM him a solid repotation. Thni 
At once be won esteem and confidence. 

His industry was extraordinary, and 
Devotion to his business affairs. 

Memorials of the life of Washington 
Have grown into an art, a literature; 
His countenance the heir-loom of all earth. 

Man can be free by just obedience, 
And magistrates be prais'd when honorable. 

PittshowM clear judgment, vigorous mind, 
and great 
Decision of high character. His plans 
Were always grand, like hand and arm of 

fate;— 
Kegarded only nation's interest. 
He searched for merit only; It employed. 
America and Europe, Asia, 
And Africa own glory of his pow'r. 

AH governments depend on men, and men 
Make constitutions good and keep tbem good. 

The end of government is to support, 
in reverence with the the people, power pure, 
High, holy, and destroy all luxury. 

f^ Trib. Leaflets; Opyrgt . , 1909, etc. 



The Tribune op The People. 695 

That spirit of the best entbusiafim 
-And patriotism whiob elevates the miod, * 
Became the passion off America; 
O^^tain'd estabUshment of libertieii 
And lavirn, with free religion and best life. 
The writer, * « Common Sense, ' ' possese'd 
a style 
And manner by which boldly be said things 
Well fitted to act on the mind of man; 
Enlist all feelings noble, and to bold 
The judgment by bis wendrons mastery. 

Foundations of the nation's policy 
▲re laid in the pnre principles of life, 
By which each pnblic servant dotb maintam 
Ttie highest of all titles—' * fionest Man! ' ^ 
And the best honest private man is ' ^ Lord! '' 

For when the people do not always see 
And are misled, they feel,— and then act right. 
The people's mind and actions, (which 
abonld be 
Tr aln'd to research in matters of their own 
Best government)— shonld be as free as air. 

To operations of the government, 
All modaration and all tenderness, 
Bring peaoe and joitice, safety, dignity. 



696 The Teibunb op Thb People. 

AdvancM state of the arts and Bciencts 
Aid Bations' fame and their prosperity. 

Toward all,-j«8t, kindly feelings cultivate. 

IV 
The Great Good Jefferson, in person tall, 
Six feet two and half inches; bony, well 
Derelop'd frame; his features angrnlar; 
Complexion ruddy; hair, red, sandy: pyes 
Light hazel,— and opinions positive;— 
An intimate of liberals advanced: 
Mass of the people wish'd to elevate. 

He lovM bia country with a patibion deep 
And holy and intense; philanthropy 
That like the rainbows charm all zone* of 
earth. 
From working of strong energies within 
Him rose an early vision, too, which cbeer'd 
His youth, accompanied him through his lite— 
The vision of emancipated man 
Throughout the world; all states, all churches 
free. 
He plainly saw that Christianity 
As taught by Jesus, meant democracy. 

The will of the majority must rule; 
Bat, that will, rightful, mast be reasonable. 



The Tribune of The People. 697 

The prudence, temperance of your debates, 
Promote good will, conclusions rational, 
And thaa provide a body-guard for truth. 

And in a government that's bottomed on 
The will of all, the life and liberty 
Of ev'ry human individual 
Is matter of the first and most concern; 
tiecause his injury is insult vile. 

A nation should establish character 
01 liberaiiiy. Magoauimous 
In word and deed;— is the true name for fame. 

One question ask about each candidate: 
Is he as honest as can be?— and is 
fie truly capable — a democrat. 
For only be who serves the people can 
Bise to the height of statesman, patriot. 
6,16;'I3; 2:35 p.m. 
V 
Hamilton; VI Clay; vii Webfeter, not to be 
supplied. 



Introduction to ' * The Mystic Seven II. "— 
HamiltOD's party and influence lost to the new 
republic one half of the victory for liberty, 



Tee TBiBuin of Thb Peopul 

which the armies and real itateamen of tht 
oolon^ea achieved. 9.20;'13, 7:21 p. m. 

The period of Clay and Web«ter ia nnwor- 
ihy of the attpntinn of either poet or hiator.an, 
ic wae the goidea age of the tyraot and the 
bigot and it was the hell time of the slave. 
For that pie<^ of the Christian era Mature 
aaemed to tiave no other a^e than for the 
irteods of freedom to nnrae their energies and 
gather their reinforoementa for The AmeriCi^a 
Conflict #t 1861— »«5. 

If we do not change our intention, when we 
print the conclasion of * * The Mystic Seven 
1,11, '^ we will there aubatitute for Clay and 
Webater one personage of the civil war period 
aad a little earlier, and another person of the 
^reaeut age, who«e paat record ia among toe 
A^obleet of all the recent aentinela of liberry. 
(L^dt two paragraphs written on the etare 
road from Calvary to Woodatock, 3 p. m. 9:29; 
13.) 

AU laxiiry ahonld be taxed ont of exiateLce 
on every sqnare foot of every continent, on 
every wave of every water that floats a boat 
large enough to hold a Pingle homan being. 
Lal>or, ana Ubjr'a health, ttDdioaaoeas aapi* 



ThB T^IBITKE OP THK PEOPLB 699 

rr. [|.>n, hope, aed eoDteDfiCt-Dt, sboald 1>e 
ci:»*iii«bi-ij, iiuar:»be<l, promoieu, by si i^^'^Uroi 
oi ^'aiitie« vbrcb planM a roe«* ou ev^iy lork 
oi evi^ry oioouUtiii and makes a tardea oat of 
pv<^ry iif>«<»it »od wilder b«m. Ko bome, sor 
»td:p, onr ffebool, aor ehoreb bad a riehft to 
ex'«t, fwhpn war baa ce ao e d an<* loiary ba^ 
b^.n h^Qi8be«i from tbe eaitb), aoleM eaeh 
o e is the af^eoey of etoiciHin aod myaticiBiD 
wbicb trant^ceod tbe be«t Spartao tzamplee, 
the be^t Jodean precedeofsi. 10.14;'i3, 7:10a.fii. 
Witb tbe«e prioeipiea, peatim^nts ia Bsfrd, 
we diKmuta tbe Iliad of IT 76. and adTaace 
« i b tbe beroe^i of lS60->19i3, iota a laad atlU 
a ore div?oe— The Odys^ty of Nortb AiMritti. 
(7:50 .•», IB.) 

As anthor bero, Greeiey i^tands witb Paine, 
I^ rr.tiF'itp thp rffiirial inicd, aad m*cd 
O' i>nh»!>, for tbe deelaraffon ^and. 
0« liberty. throDshoot the Mod. Tbey drilTd 
Aod arm'd battalmnit for rhe migbty atrifia. 
6,17;'13, 4»7 a.n. 



The Mystic Setbx II 



700 The Teibunb op The People. 

I 

Oor More Than Later FraDklin took the 
bands 
Of Linoolo, Sumner, EmersoD, and Brown, 
And led tbem to the work they bad to do. 

fli8 mind was early given to the themes 
And questions social and political 
And greater qaeations still— industrial. 

To the discnssion of snch topup, brought 
A strong desire and purpose to secure 
The highest public welfare, people's rigbtp. 

Great vigor and intelligence, and high 
Resolve and moral purpose, mov'd his pen. 

He came to the metropolis, a youth 
Of twenty years, a printer lad, and clad 
But poorl.v; twice five dollars and no more. 
With aspirations of the noblest sort, 
And character unsullied, mind informed, 
Were Horace Greeley^s capital, and stock 
In trade, for work befitting angels, gods. 

Hft recogniz'd the law, development; 
DifTis'd right principles, and walredj workM 
With God, who uses, orders all things welf. 

He overta^k'd his powers for many years, 
And fell, at ia^t, the first of men, who fed ' 



The TRrBrwE op The People 701 

The pioDeerfi of western libeitj. 

Be was admirM and lo?M by good meo of 
All parties, (iect8, opiDioDS)— tribnnt*, sape. 

Tbe noblest lessoDB ,— virtne. wisdom give 
i^or iLt lUbtiuctiou, guidauce ol luabkioa. 

iu Itta lauds, progreee ol opiuiou 
la to'aiua justice wide, high, abboiute. 

Xbe IreedoiD ol the under clat&eftj tood, 
Free preofi, tree tboaght, Iree bpeecb, and 

lawi of crime 
Which are not blackest of all cnmesthemBelvebl 

All civ'lization, liberty, are rights 
Wrong from nsurpers by tbe scaffold, stake. 

Intelligent democracj aloud 
Commands home, state, and church to do the 
rigLt. 

On quetitions of decided moment are 
At times developed differences of 
Opinion, where opponents have same lights, 
And where should be concurrence ultimate, 
In one essential line of action^ plan. 

All slavery is most barb'roup, unprovok'd 
Unjustifiable war of one part ol 
Society against the other part. 
The side on which Qod is, at last will have, 



702 THE TEIBTOB OP THE PEOPLE. 
Hia ever had, the law, majority. 
All freedom^d safeguards will be recogoiz'd 
la jarisprodence civilizM humane. 

The christian martyrs of the centuries 
Obey command which says: * ' If any man 
Come to me and hate not his father and 
His mother, wife and children, brethren, yea, 
His sisters, and his own life also, he 
04U never stand among disciples true, — 
Where Brown and Lincoln, Sumner, Lovejoy 
stood. ' ' 
The nation, the conspiracy which doth 
Oppose themselves to all research's free 

course, 
Inquiry's— bat oppose the Providence 
Of God, and human destiny. They might 
As well think to suspend the laws of man 
Or nature, stop earth from her motions in 
Her orb t. or the suns of heaven quench. 
In reasoning from obvious, from clear, 
Wfcll settled principles— man's nature— see 
A conflict here that's irrepressiblp, 
Brftweeu opposing forces which endure. 

Free labor system educates all men 

Alike; secures contentment; brings all force 
^i man to highest, best activity. 



The Tribune of The People. 703 

Eqaalify of all men is the same 
Before tribunals bamao and divine. 

TLe Lew composite man ol augel I nild, 
The womeo, children of the golden age, 
I5^eed and will have the earth for heaven I j 
borne. 
The tendencies on ev'ry continent, 
All geographic, economic cause, 
Compel wide union of democracy. 

In all the civil contests of the earth, 
The forces moral, intellectual, 
Material—to freedom, progress lead. 
Fraternity ot nations and ot man 
1^ batt'd ou science, duty, mysticism. 

Pedestrroibm, solitary, is 
Mobt favorable to good health, to peace 
Aud strength of mind; to culture and to 
thought. 
The weapuus ol the mind are argument, 
Appeal, coudemnatory criticism, 
luvective, eloquence, and humor, wit — 
All hostile to the gainful arts whereby 
The cunning few, the powerful, scheme, live, 
Without true labor; often getting wealth 
By pandering to stnsuality 



704 The Tbibunb op The People. 

And lnvrless vice; to caroal appetitej — 
Indulgence sensual aud criminal. 

Mls8 Fuller was the bravest soul and high 
That had irradiated womao'8 form; 
UeipM gtve accouut of tbe best things that 

were 
Then taking place in world without and woild 
Within; belp»d fill * * The Dial, ' ' * * Trib- 
uue ' ' page. 
Yjuih shoaid a neasoQ be of caltnre la 
The industries; in lettera, sciences. 

The tranaceodentaliats enlarged tbe sphera 
Of thought; eosmaird sphere of authority. 

Substantial ble88ing8 follow only in 
The wake of peaceful and contented labor, 
thought. 
Our Later Franklin And Much More, above 
The med^nm height; was rather thin and had 
Slight stoop; bis head was bald except some 

Hght 
And flaxen locks at side and back: teeth white' 
And reguUr, in talking seen. There were 
No vvrinkles in this face of cherubim. 
He weighM each man for each man^. real 
worth. 



ThbTeibunbop The People TO"* 

* * Be DO man's man, bat comntoD people'H, 

tfath's; 
Tread yonr own path and tru^t in God alorf.' ' 

* * * The borne is charming; in the country; 

bold, 

And free in all aroand it; oity near 
£aoQgh by traction lines; — commanding 

friends 
And time, retirement;--flower garden fili'd 
With trim box borders, shmbf*, large vines. 
Oo both sides of the hoase are beanteous trees. 
Piazza stretches whole length of the house.' * ' 
* * So, shnn delights and live faborioos days, 
So that man'p welfare he promoted. Grapp 
The pen. And seeing through yonr own clear 

eyes, 
Ft-el impnlHes of your own honet^t heart. 
As truth and love shall dictate, speak and 

wiite! 
A^k but to live by labor of your hands, 
XJutil reward be tendered willingly. 
* * Let naturalness and simplicity 
And candor, plainness, e'er be manifest. 
Vocations, social structures, usages— 
Vu9% in the oracible of brotherhood. 



706 The Tbibtticb op The People. 

Tbe golden age of knowledge, virtae bring. ' ' 

ty We pnut only a few— a very, very few 
— extractei from ibe remaiudur of oar printers 
copy of * * The Mystic Seven. ' ' 

II 

* * Not intellect nor will, bat height of eoal, 
Lifp, heart —and parity of view, and aim 
And purposes;— goodness makes man greats ' 

* » Wo mean to be deliberate and calm 
A boat it as is possible for man 
To bej tirm and resolved as man can be. ' ' 

III 
» * The nation'* independence, government, 
Are louuded ou the adamantine truth 
0\ equal right* and human brotherhood, 
A troth time recognizes constantly 
Ihe lestou ol oar country to the world ' ' 

* * Not through, then over the old parties 

shall 
This current irresistible find way. ' ' 

* * Obey Goi and not man, and calmly bear 
Xhe peril, puuisbment it may provoke. ' ' 

6,i7;'13, 9:45 a.m. 



The Tribune op The People. 707 

IV 
Id the last hundred years, a movement vast 
01 thought develop^,— holding geraj* of new 
L'.le, like the century when ObriMt was burn. 

[n ioRpiration and in sympathy; 
In health, faith, hope, love, joy, peace, rever- 

ence, 
Exist the highest personality. 
Salvation's honesty to self, to fact. 

V 
An Object-Lesson Most Sublime, at gates 
Of Southern, Western Empire, on The Plains 
Of Kansas— crowns the Works of Tribunes, 
Sage. 

For greater love few men have ever bad 
Than John Brown And His Men, who gave 

their lives 
That Melting Pots in Westerr, Eastern Worlds 
Might hold Hi^h Order of the Brotheibcod 
Of Man, and Earth a Nobler Heaven Be. 

VI 
Mazzini, Hugo, Gladstone, and Ko^Futb, 
Hymn'd Earope'a hope for nobler liberty, 

Denied awhile in older home of maoi 



708 The Teibunb of The People. 

Awoke to glory in The Western World, 
When Schurz and other heroes led the waj. 

vit 

He nobly strove; efiBcient aid be pave; 
His is The Voice of all, most resonant; — 
i^ecaase of him, all life is good; death, «weet. 

• * O Barthi tbon hast not any wind that 
blows 
Which is not mn^'c; Word to liv'ng thing. 
The tonch of an Eternal Presence thrills 
The fringes of the sansets and the hills. 
Hear voices from the Infinite that take 
iSoui captive; see dove wings that arch the 

world, 
The Sanctities that sweep the strange Beyond, 
^trains like the singing of a star stream dowQ 
And from the Holies bring man peace and rest. 

Learn more of revVence for the soul of maa. 
Know sacred temples wherein dwell the seers, 
And angels, oracles of lowlinesH. 

Iq Gud^s child, Man, is God^s eternity. 

All blest thin?8 lie in worthy fellowships. 

Theequilibiiomsof Omnipotence 
Poise the big worlds in safety and in joy. 

Id years when meanings of oar brotherhood 



The Tribune of The People. 70d 

Eoll their high revelations rouLd the spheres 
Ibd solemu pasbion of best lives shall be 
A wonder and a wor«hip uuto all 
Wh0"«e eyes behold apocalyptical 
Transfiguration of humanity. » » 

6,18;'13, 9:12 p.m. 



(2001) 

* » The State of Oklahoma is the most 
Best Democratic State of Union. 

* * When Oklahoma's Constitution came 
To polls, the president sent out his great 
War Secretary, who made war upon 

Oar Constitution. Heeded not his voice, 
A id with our great majorities we roli'd 
The thousands on the thousands, listening to 
The Century's First Master's Holy Vo're. 

' ♦ And, Oklahama, to her Sister States, 

S-ys, * Go! Go! Thou!! And, likewise do. 

So, do. ' '» 

* * * Don't let her speak! Don't! Mis- 

tress Gage! For it 
Will rain usi ' My only answer was, 
* When the time comes, we'll seej we'll see! ' 



710 The Teibttne op The People. 

* * Old Sojourner, as qaiet, reticent, 
Aa Libyan statue, sat croncb'd 'gainst the wall 
Ou corner of the polpit stairs. Head dress 
I>id shade her eyes; her elbows on her knees; 
Chin resting on her broad hard p^lms. S'je 
rose, 
' ' Rose slowly from her seat, although till 



She'd scarcely raisM her bead. And, the^, 

she mov'd 
As slowly, solemnly, in, to the fronr, 
Like John Brown's Men and Gen'rai Grant's- 
L:keS.hurz. Dutch. Laid her old bonnet .; 
Her feet, ^^en turn'd her great and .pea J 

'og eyes 
To Pre8idento< Second National 

«^onventionoftheWon.enSuff.a,i,t«, 
W.oroae,anaea,d: ■ Sojourner T.utM 
Give earl ' ' ' 
Tben, tbere, by God's own hand, era«M, 
was one 

Badcen,nryofc.«yandWeh,,.,,„, 
rj«.ay be, too. „,,„„,,,, ^^^ ' " 

The . XouMbeSontMbrew down, e. 



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and in 



ConTeatioos National Of Nineteen '08 



The Tribune OF The People. 711 

Aud 12 the conquered banuer luilM itself 
Within The Starry Flag, once more, twice 

more. 
All patrlota then moved to flute and harp 
Aod bide by side they marchM to fife and 

dram. 
The women sav^d the counfery.— Ev'ry eye 
Was tix^d upon the Amazonian Jorm, 
Which stood near six feet high, and head 

erect; 
Eye piercing upper air, like one in dream. 
* ^ At first word came a stillneHRf bush pro* 

found. 

* * She spoke in deep tones which though 

not loud, reached 
Each ear within the house, and out through 

throngs 

At doors and windows. Made her first point 

count. 

* * Then rais'd herself to her full height, 

and her 
Voice pitch'd like rolling thunder; then she 

ask'd, 
^ Ain't I a woman? Look at me; look at my 

arml ' 



712 The TRiBtnoB op The People. 

She barM ber right arm to her shoulder; 

showM 
Much more than woman's force and energy, 
» ♦ The cheering, here, was hearty, long, 
aad loud. ' ' 
• • . 

The rolling thunder could not still 
That crowd as did those deep tones wonderful 
As she stood there with outstretchM arms 

and eyes 
That flashed the fire of God and angel«, men. 
She raisM her voice still louder, to repeat, 
• < Whar did your Christ come from? He 

came from God, 

And from a woman. Man, had nothing for him- 

And man, your men, had nothing to do with 

him. ' ' 

And in her reminiscences, the dame 
Who was that president, this song doth endj 
This Story of The New America, 
New World, and New Jerusalem: the new 
New W^sbiugtOQ, Chicago, Orleaob:— 

** ^Vith strpiming eyes and hearts of 
gratitude. ' ' 



The Tribunk op The People. 713 

Tbus, weak things of the world, likt 
Greeley, Browo, 
Aud Lincoln, Tbe Blind Senator, pnll down 
The castles, baetiies of old wickednett. 
6,195'13, 10:30 a. m. 



Extracts from 2126, 2127.—. ... If 
yOQ have any enggestions or corrections, let 
me have them, immediately. 12,27;43, 5:51 

a. m. 

. . . Firit doty of each man, woman, 
chilr^, in every land and clime:~-To lend hand, 
head, heart, to eugenics, eutheoios, realizable 
by nnitj of social, edacational, philanthropic, 
religious, political organizations, world over. 

12,28jU3, 7:18 a. m. . . . 

... The defeat of Greeley, Sumner, and 
Scburz, in 1872, resulted in a filty years orgy 
ot social, national vice, crime— diseases of av. 
arice and luxury— and the attendant conse- 
quent degeneration. . . . liV^V^^ 4:54 a. 
m. 

Wanted: A Man! A man who will do tbe 

duty Columbia demands, and stand forever on 



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714 The Tribune op The People. 

iame'8 eternal CRmping groand; — a 14th statue 
that will eudore forever in The Korth American 
PADtheoo of Wisdom, Liberty, RightcousDess, 
12,2j»13, 7:25 a. m. 



(2107) 
The NonTaEBN Course of Empire. 



When veeselH of Culombas ehow'd the way, 

The conqu'riog heroes came; 
MaiDtainM Old Spaia's, and Frauce'd, £ug. 
laud's sway — 

Held high the white man's fame. 

MoQtcalm aod Wolfe Qaebec's great issae 
tried. 

Earth's north lands held the sway 
WhiGh all of the earth's destiniefl decide 

For better or worse way. 

But, in the aoutbern, Syrian land and clime, 

And nigh Eurotaa tide, 

Have lived, have died the monarcbs of all 
time — 
Jadea'e, Sparta's pride. 

— Written abont 8 to 8:45 a. m., 
on the road from Calvary to 
Wesley Chapel »Md Green 
Hill, li,liri3. 
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